MPAA/Sony Pictures Realizes That Shutting Down Muni-WiFi Over Si...

Courtesy Techdirt  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 18:32

Last week, we wrote about the ridiculous situation, whereby the MPAA had an entire muni-WiFi network shut down because one person using that system had downloaded a single film.

The story ended up getting a fair amount of press, and it looks like the MPAA and Sony Pictures in particular, quickly realized that this was really, really bad publicity for the company.

After the company got bombarded by complaints, Sony Pictures contacted the town and asked them to turn...


 

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